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Intro (6x)
Verse 1
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I was walking around, just a face in the crowd try to keep myself out of the rain
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Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown wondered if I might end up the same
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D G
There's a man out on the corner, singing old songs about change
everybody got their cross to bare, these days.
Verse 2
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She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams
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To a motel room on the boulevard I guess she's trying to be James Dean
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She's seen all the disciples and all the 'wanna be's' no one wants to be themselfs these days
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Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days
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These days the stars ain't out of reach - These days there ain't
a ladder from the streets oh no no
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D G
These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age - There
ain't nobody left but us these days
Verse 3 (like Verse 2)
Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
His momma said he was crazy - he said momma "I've got to try" Don't
you know that all my heroes died
And I guess I rather die than fade away - yeah
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These days the stars ain't out of reach But these days there ain't
a ladder from the streets oh no no
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These days are fast, nothing lasts it's a graceless age - Even innocence has caught the midnight train
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There ain't nobody left but us these days
Bridge
C am C am
C am C am
I know Rome's still burning though the times have changed
C am D (C)
This world keeps turning round and round and round and round these days
Solo C G D (4x)
Ref.:
These days the stars ain't out of reach But these days there ain't
a ladder from the streets oh no no
These days are fast, nothing lasts it's a graceless age - Even innocence has caught the midnight train
Ref.:
These days the stars ain't out of reach But these days there ain't
a ladder from the streets oh no no
These days are fast, nothing last there ain't no time to waste -
There ain't nobody left to take the blame
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There ain't nobody left but us these days
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There ain't nobody left but us these days
End
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